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For centuries, women have been striving to break free of gender oppression stimulated through the force of male domination. Due to the sensitivity of this subject, there has been strong confusion regarding woman’s rights and abortion legalization.

Being a (Pro-Life) feminist myself, I have encountered many discussions regarding pro-life beliefs and woman’s rights and have discovered the varying levels and beliefs of feminism and how this relates to opinions on abortion. Though there is absolutely nothing wrong with rallying for respect by our male counterparts in modern society, feminism brings up the issue on whether or not abortion illegalization can be viewed an attack on woman’s right or accomplishing a milestone in gender equality. Due to length restrictions, we will narrow the discussion between two feminist beliefs; Radical-Libertarian Feminism and Pro-Life Feminism however there are several groups of feminism, slightly differing in their overall social beliefs.

· Radical-Libertarian Feminism

Radical-Libertarian feminists believe that femininity and reproduction limit women's capacity to contribute to society. Women should therefore be viewed as androgynous (to appear neither male nor female in appearance but having both conventional masculinity and feminine traits). Radical-Libertarian feminists are strong promoters of abortion, contraceptives and other forms of birth control, viewing child birth and rearing as a form of hindering woman’s rights.

· Pro-Life Feminism

Pro-Life Feminism believe that part of their responsibility as women includes opposing abortion which they view as a negative effect upon woman’s rights effort in moving forward. Having been created in the early to mid-1970s, Pro-Life Feminists consider the actions of abortions to serve as an evil that is forced upon women by men, in an effort to further impede attempts for women to move forward in society.

While both views on feminism serve as a tool in helping women to strengthen their position in modern day society, Radical-Libertarian Feminism begins to set the progress of woman’s right back by insisting anti-abortion laws to be a form of hindering woman’s right. As the beliefs of Pro-Life Feminism points out, being against abortion serves as progress in the effort to maintain a woman’s position of respect. By allowing abortion to become a form of legality, this is doing nothing more than hindering the rights of both mother and child, specifically by insisting the child is meaningless if the mother denies its life.

While women deserve the same respect and dignity that males have succeeded in obtaining by default, women are also called to a higher calling of affection and motherhood. By being placed with the task of raising children may be viewed as a position of inferiority by certain feminist beliefs, women who are positioned with roles of motherhood, in fact, hold a much more superior role then they may be aware of. Motherhood should not be seen as a subordinate position but rather an honorary role. Without women, the human race would not exist because women have been graced with the task bringing life into this world and will continue to sustain human life for generations to come.

I am really, really, loving your blog right now. Every time I finish reading an article, I applaud wholeheartedly!! Especially this one. Woman deserve much more respect than we get. Throughout history, woman have been brave enough to go through the pain of childbirth, and become mothers. Men are important too, but they already get respect (at least the ones who deserve it do. And should). A real man would come to realize how wonderful and important a woman is. Now, there are feminists who annoy me: the ones who say things like, "All woman ____" when it doesn't apply to all of us at all. (This happens a lot when it comes to Pro-Choice.) I'm a Pro-Life Feminist too, it's the ONLY type of feminism that is truly on the girls' side. Plus, we're trying to protect the future of our world - the babies' - born and unborn.

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